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Andrea had asked about book club books on Twitter, and since I have a list of books, I thought I would post, even though she was mostly asking M. (Is it butting in when the post is on Twitter?) :)

Here are the books that our book club has read that I would recommend. Either they were good, great, or at least they sparked interesting discussions. I removed books that I didn't like or didn't lead to good discussions.

As summer winds down and Ethan is off to camp, I've had more time to read (plus I haven't been at the computer as much--no work right now, and no homework either).

Book 29 is "Captain Wentworth's Diary" by Amanda Grange.

Good, easy read. Not as in-depth as Susan Kaye's work. No really developed OCs, for example, but P is my favorite JA (most days) and I love imagining what the year 06 might have been like, which is about 1/3 of the book.

As summer winds down and Ethan is off to camp, I've had more time to read (plus I haven't been at the computer as much--no work right now, and no homework either).

Book 29 is "Captain Wentworth's Diary" by Amanda Grange.

Good, easy read. Not as in-depth as Susan Kaye's work. No really developed OCs, for example, but P is my favorite JA (most days) and I love imagining what the year 06 might have been like, which is about 1/3 of the book.

In trying to make up for lost time, I am reading some romance novels (they are shorter by far than most books I've read this year): so far, one steamy, one demure. The steamy one was an Edwardian called "Private Arrangements". 2.5/3 Totally ridiculous but quite a romp nonetheless. I liked the mother's story line better than the main, daughter's one. So, my next book was a "next" romance, which is apparently romance for the older crowd. The protagonist was only 46, but a widow, so I guess it was a second-time-around story if not terribly "older" (than me at least). It was called "The English Wife", though there wasn't really one, and I liked it better than the other. 3/5

My kids have swim lessons, so I need easy reads for poolside 25 minutes at a time! That's my other excuse.

:)

Oh, and I'm watching "John Adams" the HBO movie miniseries. It's great but I unfortunately read a review that said that Paul Giamatti looked like Uncle Fester, and now I can't really allow him to be kissing Laura Linney without a giggle.

In trying to make up for lost time, I am reading some romance novels (they are shorter by far than most books I've read this year): so far, one steamy, one demure. The steamy one was an Edwardian called "Private Arrangements". 2.5/3 Totally ridiculous but quite a romp nonetheless. I liked the mother's story line better than the main, daughter's one. So, my next book was a "next" romance, which is apparently romance for the older crowd. The protagonist was only 46, but a widow, so I guess it was a second-time-around story if not terribly "older" (than me at least). It was called "The English Wife", though there wasn't really one, and I liked it better than the other. 3/5

My kids have swim lessons, so I need easy reads for poolside 25 minutes at a time! That's my other excuse.

:)

Oh, and I'm watching "John Adams" the HBO movie miniseries. It's great but I unfortunately read a review that said that Paul Giamatti looked like Uncle Fester, and now I can't really allow him to be kissing Laura Linney without a giggle.

a lovely BOOK MEME. (if anyone other than the bard can tell me where that quote is from, I will be really impressed! Hint: book meme is supposed to say 'beverage')

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize what you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. The numbers after each one are the number of LT users who used the tag of that book. (stolen from few, with this addition from julielu: I'm adding an asterisk by the one's I've read more than once.)

The thing about this that made me want to giggle is my tendency to want to check off things that I had seen a movie version of, and later in the list, things I had read an abridged version of as children: Jane Eyre, Treasure Island, David Copperfield. I had forgotten how many abridged works I read (most I didn't realize were abridged until I started re-reading as an adult and thought--there is NO WAY I could've made it through this when I was 9 or 10 or whatever. Though, come to think of it, I did read all 1036 pages of Gone With the Wind when in 5th grade.)

a lovely BOOK MEME. (if anyone other than the bard can tell me where that quote is from, I will be really impressed! Hint: book meme is supposed to say 'beverage')

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize what you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. The numbers after each one are the number of LT users who used the tag of that book. (stolen from few, with this addition from julielu: I'm adding an asterisk by the one's I've read more than once.)

The thing about this that made me want to giggle is my tendency to want to check off things that I had seen a movie version of, and later in the list, things I had read an abridged version of as children: Jane Eyre, Treasure Island, David Copperfield. I had forgotten how many abridged works I read (most I didn't realize were abridged until I started re-reading as an adult and thought--there is NO WAY I could've made it through this when I was 9 or 10 or whatever. Though, come to think of it, I did read all 1036 pages of Gone With the Wind when in 5th grade.)

Since I'm trying to start Brightlywoven Designs, I decided not to take the 26-book challenge this year. I have been slowly reading Jimmy Carter's Our Endangered Values, but it isn't done yet, so I haven't mentioned it. Oh, and the Adobe Illustrator text from my course. Yeah.

BUT, on my trip I did start and finish a lovely book from my favorite living author, Guy Gavriel Kay. It's called Ysabel and is set in our world (which most of his books aren't), yet it has a Gaimanesque quality to it is that makes it otherworldly as well. And it has echoes and more of his Fionavar Tapestry of 20 years ago--it was like going home again, while I was on my way home (both directions, really). Easy read, lovely read.

Since I'm trying to start Brightlywoven Designs, I decided not to take the 26-book challenge this year. I have been slowly reading Jimmy Carter's Our Endangered Values, but it isn't done yet, so I haven't mentioned it. Oh, and the Adobe Illustrator text from my course. Yeah.

BUT, on my trip I did start and finish a lovely book from my favorite living author, Guy Gavriel Kay. It's called Ysabel and is set in our world (which most of his books aren't), yet it has a Gaimanesque quality to it is that makes it otherworldly as well. And it has echoes and more of his Fionavar Tapestry of 20 years ago--it was like going home again, while I was on my way home (both directions, really). Easy read, lovely read.